The Effects of ICT-based Public Health Center Mobile Health Care Project on Adult Health Risk Factors

Background/Objectives: This study uses a single group pretest-posttest design to identify the effects of ICT-based public health center mobile health care project on adult health risk factors.

Method/Statistical Analysis: The subjects of this study were 100 adults, over 19 years of age residing in the jurisdiction of the public health center of G city, who are not yet diagnosed with metabolic syndromes but have at least one kind of risk factors. The general characteristics of the subjects were analyzed by using the frequency and percentages, and the comparison and analysis before and after the program were analyzed by using t-tests.

Findings: Blood pressure decreased significantly, as the systolic blood pressure decreased from 141mmHgto 136mmHg and the diastolic blood pressure decreased from 87mmHg (p<.001) to 83mmHg (p<.001). Fasting blood sugar decreased significantly from 111mg/dL to 104mg/dL (p<.001). The waist circumference decreased significantly from 93.4cm to 92.4cm (p<.001). Although triglyceride decreased from 222.4mg/ dL (t = 18.2, p<.001) to 193.6mg/dL (t = 23.7, p<.001), the difference was not significant (p= .051). HDL-cholesterol increased from 42.1mg/dL to 44.4mg/dL which showed significant differences (p= .003). As there were also significant results on the HDL-cholesterol, it was proved that the ICT-based public health center mobile health care project is highly effective on the adult health risk factors (blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, waist circumference and HDL-cholesterol).

Improvements/Applications: There should be improvements in health management habits through management in physical activities and nutrition for metabolic syndromes of adults that can lead to chronic diseases, and expand health promotion projects that use ICT as a prevention health care service.